Archive for June 19th, 2007
Necessity Leads Moms To Invent Businesses
MiamiHerald.com: Women inventors are nothing new. But as more professional women — women with all kinds of business experience and skills — stay home to raise children, more are looking for ways to continue their professional lives. Women hold 10 percent of the patents in the United States and there’s even a website devoted to [...]
Retiring To At-Home Parenthood And A New Business Possibility
North Jersey Media Group: One of Bergen County’s most combative assistant prosecutors is ending her 25-year career this month to do something a bit less adversarial: full-time motherhood. “I think a lot of defense attorneys will be happy that I am retiring,” said Patricia Baglivi, known among her North Jersey peers as a formidable legal [...]
When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Sewing
PRWeb: Trying to find quality, well fitting clothes is a struggle for every parent. Some outfits may be too long in the body and too short in the legs, or something may fit tight around their waist and have to be rolled up at the bottom. And sizing can vary greatly from manufacturer to manufacturer. [...]
CNet.com: It’s amazing just what’s out there for the spazzed out, disorganized or OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) types, including this, ah, cutting-edge device. The Lazer Scissors which could almost be called the Lazy Scissors uses a built-in laser pointer that shows you just where to cut in a straight line. Goodbye to markings, creases and [...]
Telecommuting – Five Ways to Find Your Niche
The Conservative Voice: The trend of telecommuting is on the rise as employers begin to see the savings involved in both gas and office space. With gas prices at an all-time high, many Americans are looking for ways to do less driving and more companies than ever before are offering telecommuting options to their current [...]
Think Geek: People sometimes form very strong bonds to inanimate objects. This is especially the case when you come into daily contact with, say, a red Swingline stapler. The ultimate utilitarian desktop accessory. Its vibrant red color stands out amongst the grays and beiges that consume office space. The sleek, smooth retro lines. The sheer [...]
TechNewsWorld: With more than 4 billion cell phones in use worldwide — 487 million in China alone — it’s no wonder that “mobile” is all the rage. A recent segment of “American Idol” received nearly 80 million text message votes. The 2008 U.S. presidential candidates are incorporating mobile communications elements into their campaigns. Social networks [...]
Springwise: T-shirts have long been conversation starters, letting their wearers express bold political views, support their favourite artist or display their quirky sense of humour. Reactee takes the interaction to another level by harnessing the power of text messaging, creating t-shirts that “text back”. How it works? A customer picks a personal slogan and a [...]
7 Places To Look For Wasted Time And Money
Small Biz Scene: Small companies can’t afford not to run a tight ship. Even small costs or time drains can make the difference between staying afloat and sinking. 1. Errors. Making mistakes or having a defective product just means you have to repeat a process. 2. Overprocessing. This means doing something of no importance to [...]
OHGIZMO: Yours truly can sleep through even the loudest of bedside alarms but I’m pretty sure if the sounds were blasted directly into my ear canal I would wake up pretty quickly. That’s part of the idea behind the Earlarm from Mini Castle. It looks and functions like an earbud-type headphone but without any of [...]
Reduce Turnover, Pump Up Productivity
Kiplinger: The labor market is so tight that high employee turnover is much more than a headache. It puts companies at a huge competitive disadvantage. Key managers spend too much time recruiting and filling shifts themselves. Deadlines slip. Harried employees make mistakes or treat customers brusquely. So how do companies retain good workers when there [...]
